USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711)

Miss Toledo as a private motorboat the shipyard of her builder, the Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan, prior to her acquisition by the United States Navy. A U.S. Navy officer and at least one sailor are among the people standing on her deck.
History
United States
Name: USS Miss Toledo
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Completed: 1917
Acquired: 30 April 1918
Fate: Returned to owner 14 December 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 19 gross tons
Length: 60 ft (18 m)
Beam: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft: 4 ft (1.2 m)
Propulsion: Gasoline engine
Speed: 25 miles per hour[1]

USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711) was a United States Navy patrol vessel acquired for a few months in 1918.

Miss Toledo was built in 1917 by the Dachel-Carter Boat Company at Benton Harbor, Michigan. On 30 April 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, R. M. Ellery of Toledo, Ohio, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number SP-1711.

Although presumably acquired for patrol work on the Great Lakes, Miss Toledo apparently saw no active naval service. The Navy returned her to Ellery on 14 December 1918.

Notes

  1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/miss_toledo.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171711.htm give Miss Toledo's speed as 25 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 25 knots. If 25 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 21.7.

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